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Appeal Court reserves injunction decision in Fairy Creek old-growth logging protests
VANCOUVER – A panel of three judges in British Columbia’s Court of Appeal reserved its…
B.C.’s top doctor emphasizes COVID-19 precautions heading into holiday season
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s provincial health officer says officials are considering the “harmonization” of COVID-19…
20 evacuation centres open in B.C. for rescued motorists, residents escaping flooding
AGASSIZ, B.C. – Melanie Forsythe’s drive home from Vancouver to Hope, B.C., had her making…
B.C. public safety minister condemns blockade at Coastal GasLink pipeline site
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s public safety minister has condemned a blockade set up along a…
B.C. forest company says rule of law must apply to ongoing protests at Fairy Creek
VANCOUVER – A lawyer for a British Columbia forest company says it wants the court…
Barge drifts aimlessly through Vancouver waters before beaching itself
VANCOUVER – A loose barge drifted around Vancouver’s False Creek on Monday before grounding itself…
B.C. proposes zones around hospitals and schools in response to COVID-19 protests
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has introduced legislation that it says would prevent “disruptive…
Petition for referendum on Surrey’s police transition garners 42,942 signatures
SURREY, B.C. – A group opposing the planned transition from the RCMP to a municipal…
Rain, mud and people trapped: A list of numbers prompted by storm in southern B.C.
VANCOUVER – Torrential rain that set off flooding and mudslides in southern British Columbia closed…
Rosanne Casimir re-elected as chief of Tk?emlúps te Secwépemc
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Members of the Tk?emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation near Kamloops, B.C., have…
Vancouver police investigating after 9th pedestrian struck and killed this year
VANCOUVER – Police are investigating after a 59-year-old man was struck and killed in East…
Man, 59 struck and killed by vehicle in East Vancouver
Vancouver Police are investigating the city’s 18th pedestrian fatality of the year. They say a…
Review of street check policies arises out of B.C. police commissioner’s report
VANCOUVER – A man’s complaint about being stopped and asked if he was “Abdul” by…
B.C. reports 23 more deaths, 992 cases of COVID-19 over two days
VICTORIA – British Columbia has reported 992 new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed over the last…
B.C. milk board conditionally reinstates dairy farm licence after investigation
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – The British Columbia Milk Marketing Board says it has reinstated the dairy…
Remembrance Day gatherings disrupted in British Columbia
The British Columbia branch of the Royal Canadian Legion says it’s “unfortunate” that people with…
From chemical burns to a logging truck crash, RCMP describe events at Fairy Creek
LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. – Mounties on southern Vancouver Island say a can of bear spray…
Atmospheric river brings rain and snow to southern B.C.
VANCOUVER – The latest in a series of weather events is predicted to lash parts…
Stó:lo author Lee Maracle, a leading voice in Indigenous literature, dies at 71
Stó:lo writer Lee Maracle, who championed the stories of Indigenous women to change the face…
Thousands attend Remembrance Day ceremony at B.C. legislature in Victoria
VICTORIA – A larger than expected crowd turned out for a Remembrance Day ceremony at…
105 containers that fell from cargo ship near B.C. believed to have sunk: coast guard
VICTORIA – The Canadian Coast Guard says it believes that many, if not all, of…
11 more people have died in B.C., while vaccination rate inches upward
VICTORIA – The COVID-19 death toll has increased by 11 people in British Columbia for…
University of Victoria launching plan to replace diesel with wind energy buoy
VICTORIA – Researchers at the University of Victoria are floating a new idea that could…
Log fire at Quesnel, B.C., mill could burn for days, but mill undamaged: West Fraser
QUESNEL, B.C. – Logs stored in the yard of a Quesnel, B.C., wood products mill…